As a leader, you know that productive employees bring value to your team. Recent findings from a white paper by consulting and training firm VitalSmarts highlight the magnitude of high performers’ productivity: they are 21 times less likely to experience tasks or responsibilities that “fall through the cracks.” Moreover, the research found that these same employees were also 18 times...[Click to read more]

A popular end-of-year resolution is to land a new job by the new year (and a University of Phoenix survey shows that over half of U.S. adults want a new careeraltogether!). If a fresh start by new year is a dream of yours, then you have about three months to make it happen. This is ample...[Click to read more]

Ask anyone in your life how things are going and you’re likely to get one answer: “Busy.” While living life to the fullest can be fun, there are often ramifications — neglected responsibilities, unhealthy diets, and forgotten dates and events, just to name a few. This is where trusty life hacks save the day. And for...[Click to read more]

Dream of travelling but need money to survive? Why not travel and get paid to do so? There are multiple career choices and skills that allow you to live out your daydream. They are not necessarily easy choices and neither will they make you a millionaire overnight, but pursuing one’s dreams is always rewarding. Pick...[Click to read more]

Nearly three-quarters of North American office workers are willing to quit their job in order to move to an organization that allows them to work remotely more frequently, even without a pay increase. In a recent report, Softchoice surveyed about 1,000 full-time workers and found that 74% of them were willing to make this move. “Cloud,...[Click to read more]

It seems obvious that many would like to do their jobs from the comfort of their own homes – or anywhere they choose – but those who want to work remotely have specific reasons they prefer not being in the office. According to an annual public survey of more than 5,500 people who work remotely or are...[Click to read more]

In my 25 years in creative industries, the way we have worked has never felt right. Like some kind of industrial revolution hangover — a time when work was boring, uncomfortable and dangerous — it appears people still need to be coerced with carrots and sticks into being productive. Even in 2017 the starting point...[Click to read more]

Ask any metro Denver resident who’s lived here for more than a few years: Commute times are getting longer. (In fact, Denver voters in November will weigh in on those congestion issues with the city’s nearly $1 billion bond package, which is largely aimed at trying to solve Denver’s mobility issues).[Click to read more]

After taking two decades off to raise her kids, Jackie Brundige decided to return to the workforce eager for an administrative position similar to the one she had at Coca-Cola years earlier. Despite a resume filled with volunteer roles, she knew it would be tough to compete for jobs against those who never left. It proved...[Click to read more]

Over the past six months, I’ve spent a lot of time talking to remote workers. Being a remote worker myself, I wasn’t surprised to hear that the most common con of being a remote worker I kept hearing from them was one that had little to do with the actual work. After all, when you’re a remote worker,...[Click to read more]